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Musicology Corner: J.S. Bach: His Dark Side

By: Veronica Kogan Many think of J.S. Bach as just some boring, stuffy composer who lived three hundred years ago and should stay there. Well, they are quite mistaken. Bach lived during the Baroque period, a time of artistic drama and grandeur. At the same time, Lutheranism, the first Christian faith to break from the Catholic Church, had a great impact on Bach’s music, and … Continue reading Musicology Corner: J.S. Bach: His Dark Side

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Musicology Corner: Pop! Goes the Weasel: Classical Music Where You Least Expect It

By: Veronica Kogan Back in middle school, I had a friend named Maya. We were close friends but had completely different tastes in music—she was a One Directioner who played Disney Channel songs on repeat, while I was an ABBA, Louis Armstrong, and Rachmaninoff kind of gal. I was fine with our differences as long as she kept Justin Bieber’s “Baby” at a 3 mile … Continue reading Musicology Corner: Pop! Goes the Weasel: Classical Music Where You Least Expect It

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